Re: [SLUG] LPI certification

From: Daryl Caudill (slug@abazaba.org)
Date: Wed Jan 18 2006 - 15:50:28 EST


On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 09:37 -0700, John Pugh wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 9:28 am, in message
> <1137594519.6275.4.camel@kronos.tssellers.com>, slug@abazaba.org wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Has anyone here completed the LPI certifications for linux? I
> ordered
> > the LPIC I Exam Cram 2 book... it seemed to be rated the highest.
> >
> > I'm also checking out the IBM website, but it only covers a few
> topics.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any input anyone has to offer!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Daryl
>
> I did...Level 1 tests are very "rudimentary". They are looking only at
> basics...CLI commands (variations on ls, dd, etc) so it's really a lot
> of memorization unless you've used CLI forever and a day.
>
> For level 2 you get a lot more into building custom kernels and how the
> system operates and it gets deeper into the filesystem, etc.
>
> The objectives are at lpi.org and somewhere on the IBM.com site has a
> tutorial that is really good with sample questions and such.
>
> JP
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Thanks John. I see you are from Novell. We run SuSE here, and I was
wondering how the Novell Certified Linux Professional (CLP) compares to
the LPI curriculum. I'm thinking of knocking out the LPI before
starting the CLP.

I hope you are still reading this thread! :)

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